Your parent friends know we’re boring, trust me, but sometimes we just need someone to look into the delirious tedium of our lives and say, I see you. Since social media took over the world, it’s become inextricable from the way many of us parent – and also from the way we judge each other’s […]
My Facebook friends are Bobby’s biggest fans. He won’t always care about what my friends think, but I am happy to collect the good thoughts before he rejects adult opinions. I am an unapologetic Facebook mama. I post pictures and stories about my 7-year-old son Bobby on a regular basis even though various studies suggest […]
Because of what we publish about ourselves online, we assume a level of comfort and familiarity that is not only potentially insulting, but misses the real point of connecting. The other day I posted a photo from my recent wedding on Facebook. Unlike many couples, whose 450 shots are plastered and tagged the day after the vows have […]
This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. According to new research, couples who post the most about their relationships on Facebook are often the least secure. A new study is making the Internet rounds this week because it finally offers definitive proof for the very important thing that everybody knows to be true: The more […]
This originally appeared on Salon. Republished here with permission. Posting our fifth mother-daughter-hangout selfie from the Science Museum isn’t an act of competitive warfare or proof that I think I’m winning at parenting. It’s because I need there to be a record. I’m the parent whose baby’s photos you’re blocking on Facebook. I don’t blame you—I […]
